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Is it possible to close all open documents with a single click without closing the app? In Photoshop you can right click on the tab of any of the open documents and then choose "close all". This closes all open documents but keeps Photoshop open for futher work. I can't seem to do this in Photo, is it possible?

Affinity Photo 2.3.1 for Windows  OS: Windows 10 Pro x64 ver. 22H2  CPU: AMD Ryzen 7950X 16-core  RAM: 64 GB DDR5-6400  GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Suprim X 24GB / driver 526.98  NVMe SSD Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB  Monitors: 2x Eizo ColorEdge CS2420 24"

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Thanks, this works as a temporary workaround.  :)  I was hoping for a one click solution. So should I assume it's not possible at the moment? Maybe I should file a feature request if that's the case.

Affinity Photo 2.3.1 for Windows  OS: Windows 10 Pro x64 ver. 22H2  CPU: AMD Ryzen 7950X 16-core  RAM: 64 GB DDR5-6400  GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Suprim X 24GB / driver 526.98  NVMe SSD Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB  Monitors: 2x Eizo ColorEdge CS2420 24"

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On a Mac    Command-Option-w      should do the trick.

 

Does not seem to work in either Affinity app.

All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7
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FWIW, it's a feature request and not a bug. In some apps, holding down Option will change what's shown in the menus but this is not true for every app, it's up to the developer. If you try TextEdit and open File menu, pressing Option will change the Close menu command to Close All and the Duplicate command to Save As.

User experience designers have debated this approach for years. It's terrible for discovery because you have to open each menu and toggle Option to see if anything changes to discover if there are any features you don't know about. It's great for power users or those who read the manual but simply adding a separate Close All command would be more useful, although it would take up more space.

It doesn't appear that Serif is using Option to modify the behaviour of any of its menu commands* which makes sense given it's a cross-platform app.

* There is one exception, Option modifies the Window > Tile Window to Left of Screen command to become Move Window to Left Side of Screen. Same for the Right Side obviously.

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For those interested, Close All is coming in 2.1, now in Beta. For info on how it will work: 

 

To participate in the Beta: https://affinity.serif.com/affinity-beta-program

 

-- Walt
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